October 1 Valley Life column

October 1 Valley Life column

In a eulogy for his friend Gene Van Guilder, Ernest Hemingway wrote "Best of all he loved the fall."

I think of those words every day as I gather pumpkins and harvest the last of my tomatoes. Out here at Pauly's Folly, we haven't had a killing frost yet, but the leaves on the birch trees are changing to a bright, happy yellow, signifying it's fall and time to reflect on summer before getting ready for winter.

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